The Little Orphan (1949)

Directed by

William Hanna, Joseph Barbera

Genre

comedy film, adventure film, family film

Country

United States

Runtime

8 min

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 64 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Tom and Jerry's antics involve a hungry little mouse named Nibbles. Nibbles gets into trouble and the cat and mouse chase each other around the house.

fast-pacedslapstickplayfulchaoticlight-heartedwhimsicalenergeticanxious

What happens

The Little Orphan is a 1949 American one-reel animated cartoon and the 40th Tom and Jerry cartoon, released in theaters on April 30, 1949 by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer. It was produced by Fred Quimby and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, with music by Scott Bradley. The cartoon was animated by Irven Spence, Kenneth Muse, Ed Barge and Ray Patterson. The short features Nibbles, a young mouse who is insatiably hungry. The Little Orphan won the 1948 Academy Award for Best Short Subject: Cartoons, the fifth Oscar (of seven) given to Tom and Jerry. Though the cartoon was released in 1949, it won its Oscar the previous year, tying them with Disney's Silly Symphonies with the record of the most Oscars. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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